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U.N. council cuts Ethiopia, Eritrea forces
May 31 2006 9:56PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council cut the number of peacekeepers deployed in Eritrea and Ethiopia by at least one-third Wednesday night while extending the U.N. mission's mandate for another four months.
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Darfur rebels refuse to sign peace deal
May 31 2006 7:20PM (CT)
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - A Darfur rebel group Wednesday again rejected a peace deal aimed at ending three years of fighting that has killed at least180,000 people and forced more than 2 million flee their homes in Sudan's western region.
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At least 30 die in Nigeria road crash
May 31 2006 4:19PM (CT)
IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) - A truck hauling iron rods lost control and crashed into several roadside buses as passengers were boarding in southwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people, police said Tuesday.
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Fighting in Somali capital kills 13
May 31 2006 4:48AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Islamic militias and secular warlords resumed fighting for control of the Somali capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 11 after a five-day lull, witnesses and medical workers said.
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Images of Zimbabwe settlement released
May 31 2006 12:53AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday released the first satellite images of the rubble of an informal settlement in Zimbabwe that had been home to 30,000 of the country's poorest people.
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